Accolades: 

NEIBA All-New England: Second Team (2014)
NEIBA All-New England: Third Team (2012)
D3Baseball.com All-New England: Third Team (2012)
GNAC Rookie of the Year (2012)
All-Conference: First Team (2014)
All-Conference: Second Team (2012)
All-Conference: Third Team (2013)
GNAC All-Tournament (2012)
GNAC Tournament Most Valuable Player (2012)
GNAC Rookie of the Week: 4/16/12
GNAC Honor Roll: 4/2/12, 4/9/12, 3/17/14
NCAA DIII Player to Watch: (2014) 
GNAC All-Academic (2013, 2014, 2015)

2014: Played in 42 games with 40 starts as a junior…started 29 games at first base, eight as the team’s designated hitter and three behind the plate…hit .331 (51-154) with 21 runs, 14 doubles, a triple and 46 RBI…led the team in RBI and two-baggers and ranked third in batting, total bases, and SLG%...paced the Royal Blue with 11 multiple-RBI games and tied for the team-lead with 19 multiple-hit efforts…recorded an eight-game hitting streak during the season…posted a .986 fielding percentage with three errors in 291 total chances…was 7-13 with five runs, two doubles, a triple and seven RBI in the Monks’ first three games of the season…doubled and drove in three in a victory over New Jersey City on March 10th and went 3-5 with two runs, two doubles and a career-high five RBI against Westfield State the next day…doubled and knocked home three runs versus Rivier on April 5th…was 3-4 with two runs, a double and a pair of RBI against UMass.-Boston on April 30th…went 3-4 with a run, a two-bagger and three RBI in a win over Bates College on May 7th…totaled five hits and four RBI in the NCAA Regional Tournament…collected First Team All-Conference and Second Team NEIBA All-New England accolades following the season. 

2013: Played in 31 games with 30 starts as a sophomore…hit .327 (35-107) with 16 runs, 35 hits, seven doubles, one triple and one homer…tallied 16 RBI, 47 total bases and a .439 slugging percentage…added eight walks and was hit by a pitch three times…posted an on base percentage of .387…defensively, tallied 37 putouts, 14 assists and a fielding percentage of .927…opened the season on March 9th against Rhode Island College going 2-2 with three runs…smacked three hits against UMass Boston on March 15th with two RBI and a double…went 2-4 with two runs and a pair of RBI and also blasted his first NCAA homer – an inside the park shot – versus UMass Boston on April 7th…was 2-4 in the NCAA Regional against Western New England…claimed Third Team All-GNAC honors and was listed on the GNAC All-Academic Team.

2012: Played in 40 games with 37 starts – 21 behind the plate and 16 as the Monks’ designated hitter…paced the Royal Blue with a .389 (51-131) batting average and a .437 on base percentage…became the first rookie to lead the team in hitting since Jesse LaCasse hit .479 for the Monks as a freshman in 2000…registered 22 runs, five doubles, a triple, and 28 RBI…also led the team in multiple-hit games (17) and posted a 12-game hitting streak during his first NCAA season…added seven multi-RBI efforts, including a pair of three RBI games…held without a hit in just seven games…notched his first collegiate hit, a single to center, in his first at bat and later scored a run in the second inning of a victory over Framingham State on March 12th…went 2-4 with a run scored in a loss to Wheaton College the next day…was 2-4 with a run, a double, and two RBI in a triumph over New Jersey City University on March 24th…went 2-4 with three RBI versus the Gothic Knights the following day…added two hits in three trips with a run, a double, and an RBI in a the Monks’ home-opening win over UMass.-Boston on March 30th…was 2-3 with a pair of RBI against Albertus Magnus the next day…helped the Monks take two from GNAC-rival Suffolk University by going 3-7 with two runs and three RBI on April 1st…continued to punish conference foes by going 4-7 with a run, a double, and two RBI in a twinbill sweep over Emerson College on April 7th…went 5-6 with three runs and two RBI in a pair of victories over Rivier College on April 16th…was 3-5 with three runs and an RBI in a triumph over Daniel Webster on April 21st...went 2-5 with a double and two RBI and belted the game-winning hit in a GNAC Championship victory over Suffolk on April 29th…collected GNAC Tournament MVP and all-tourney honors for his play in three playoff contests…was 2-5 with a run and three RBI in a win over Bates College on May 9th…selected as the GNAC Rookie of the Year and earned Second Team All-GNAC honors…also claimed D3Baseball.com Third Team All-New England and NEIBA Third Team All-New England accolades…collected GNAC Rookie of the Week honors on April 16th and listed on the conference weekly honor roll twice as a freshman...earned SJC Athletics Male Newcomer of the Year and SJC Baseball Rookie of the Year honors as well.  

High School: Caught for Mac McKew at Cheverus High School…helped the Stags win the 2011 Maine State Class A Championship…hit .453 with an OBP of .500 while committing no errors…earned All Defensive Team honors both junior and senior years...named to the 2011 All-State Team senior year…member of the National Honor Society and was on the honor roll all four years at Cheverus… played under Mac McKew for Cheverus Legion, hitting .444 with .550 OBP without committing an error behind the plate.

Personal: Nicholas Francesco Lops…son of Roberta Lops…majoring in English.

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